FAS Advogados, in cooperation with CMS

Managing Partner: Paulo Mertz Focaccia

Number of partners: 11

Number of other lawyers: 76

Firm Overview:

FAS Advogados, in cooperation with CMS has a philosophy of delivering added value to its clients’ business, working at the pace required by the market, and understanding the peculiarities of each sector. The firm believes that legal services can only be fully performed by bringing continuous in-depth technical qualification and expertise to its clients’ businesses, deeply focused on their expectations.

FAS Advogados has established itself as one of the most dynamic law firms on the Brazilian market, by providing legal services that are able to positively and strategically impact its clients’ businesses. The team consists of qualified professionals, dedicated to providing high-level legal services within strict ethical standards. The law firm aims to establish legal services in a way that rewards personal qualities, in line with the most contemporary methods of successful business relationships. Internally, FAS strives for participatory management, providing their team with the opportunity to collaborate with ideas, suggestions, and innovations that aim to implement the firm's practices.

The greatest challenge, in the last decade has been to keep up with a fast-changing market. This challenge, however, has only served as an incentive for FAS Advogados to create a flexible firm that is adaptable to different business models, allowing it to understand the needs of companies from different sectors.

Main Areas of Practice

Banking, Payments & Fintechs

Technical expertise, customized client service, and an innovative approach enable the team to keep up with rapid changes in financial and payment systems and their regulations.

Civil

The practice provides a broad suite of services covering major aspects of civil law, including strategic planning of new businesses and consultation on litigation prevention for both Brazilian and international clients. With a strong litigation practice and conflict resolution expertise, the team offers clients the support and expertise they require wherever they operate.

Tax

The main goal of the practice is to identify the best strategy to add value to the client’s business, optimizing tax costs and reducing risks. It is part of the culture to adopt a direct approach to challenging and sophisticated matters. The team keeps things simple to help clients to navigate the Brazilian complex tax system.

Labour & Employment

The practice focuses on risk mitigation, analysis of market trends, and keeping up-to-date with changes in jurisprudence, as well as closely monitoring the practices adopted by the inspection bodies of the Ministry of Economy and the Public Labor Prosecutor’s Office.

Corporate & M&A

The team has a high capacity for sell-side and buy-side transactions. They understand the desires, needs, and worries of the clients, from many varied backgrounds, which means the team can put forward the best solutions for every type of transaction, simply, efficiently and using interdisciplinary methods.

Insurance and Reinsurance

Driven by a business-oriented approach, our Insurance and Reinsurance specialized team relies on a multidisciplinary approach to offer innovative legal solutions to a broad array of clients, ranging from traditional insurers and brokers to new players in the sector, such as insurtechs, healthtechs, insurance aggregators and other services providers to this huge industry.